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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
measure of the city, John declares, was

twelve thousand furlongs. Twelve thousand

furlongs, eight furlongs to the mile, equal

fifteen hundred English miles. It may be

understood that this measure is the measure

of the whole circumference of the city, and not

merely of one side. This appears, from Kitto, to

have been the ancient method of measuring

cities. The whole circumference was taken,

and that was said to be the measure of the city.

According to this rule, the New Jerusalem will

be three hundred and seventy-five miles on

each side. The length, breadth, and height of it

are equal. From this language, the question

has arisen whether the city was as high as it

was long and broad. The word rendered equal

is ἴσος (isos); and from the definitions given

by Liddell and Scott, we learn that it may be

used to convey the idea of proportion: the